Encore Records

Mutemath

Odd Soul

Odd Soul came together over the course of six months, during which the members of Mutemath locked themselves down at leader Paul Meany’s home studio in New Orleans and didn’t emerge until they were ready to play it for others. “The idea of complete isolation was the only thing that appealed to us. No camera guys, no producers, no engineers, no record label people, no management. No one would hear or comment on what we were doing until we were done,” Meany says. “We didn’t want to make blurry music. We set out to record something that was unapologetically us.”

John Prine

Singing Mailman Delivers

2011 two CD archive collection containing the singer/songwriter’s earliest recordings, taped one year before his debut album, along with a live set and one unreleased song.

Disc One is a August 1970 recording that finds John recording songs that would make up his first album at the WFMT studios in Chicago. These songs were recorded immediately after John’s interview with the legendary Studs Terkel.

Disc Two is a live set from November 1970—featuring versions of many of the same songs—recorded during John’s residency at Chicago’s Fifth Peg.

Dirty Projectors and Bjork

Mount Wittenberg Orca

Mount Wittenberg Orca was inspired by events on Mt. Wittenberg in Nor Cal. It pushes Longstreth’s obsession with vocal harmony that figured huge on Bitte Orca. This seven-song, twenty-one minute collection is the first music the band recorded after Bitte Orca, and it feels more like a small album than an EP. It is also their most staggering collaboration yet — with the Icelandic artist Björk.

Cradle Of Filth

Everymore Darkly

The English extreme metal crew follow up their ninth album Darkly, Darkly, Venus Aversa with this stop-gap EP/DVD set.

The CD features two new songs, alternative versions of tracks from the album, and a teaser for their forthcoming orchestral release Midnight in the Labyrinth.

The DVD includes a music video for the track “Lilith Immaculate”, a documentary about the band and live footage from their 2011 appearance at Belgium’s Graspop festival.

Cowboy Junkies

Sing In My Meadow

Sing In My Meadow is a collection of songs recorded over a four day period that the band’s Michael Timmins describes as ‘an album that references an aspect of our live performances that we don’t dig into very much in our studio recordings. We wanted the album to revolve around those psychedelic, blues-inspired forays we are so fond of exploring on stage.

Arkells

Michigan Left

Having spent the last few years writing new material while on the road, this past spring Arkells retreated to Bath, Ontario to record Michigan Left, living and recording in a converted house on the shores of Lake Ontario.  10 Brand new tracks !

Iced Earth

Dystopia

Limited digipak edition includes three bonus tracks and sticker.

While not a concept album, founder Jon Schaffer admits there are unifying themes to several of the songs.

In much the same way Horror Show (the band’s tribute to classic characters from literature and movies) was born, band leader John Schaffer said his interest in dystopian themes in music and movies led him to try his hand at that genre as well. The end result is Iced Earth meets the nightmarish offspring of Brave New World and Blade Runner.

Jane's Addiction

The Great Escape Artist

Spun through a kaleidoscope of tightly wound riffs, hypnotic harmonies, booming beats, and an unmistakable howl, the record announces the beginning of the next chapter for the alternative rock torchbearers.

Writing began in 2010 and by early 2011 the band entered a Los Angeles studio with producer Rich Costey, who introduced Perry Farrell, Dave Navarro and Stephen Perkins to TV on the Radio’s Dave Sitek with the hopes of getting him involved somehow.

After a couple of lab sessions, the chemistry was obvious. Sitek stepped into the role of songwriter and bass player for the album with Navarro, and touring bassist Chris Chaney, also sharing four-string duties.

Johnny Cash

Bootleg Series - Volume 3

2011 two CD collection of rare and unreleased live recordings from the Country icon.

Live Around The World is a travelogue from his earliest days on the road at the Big D Jamboree in Dallas Texas in the 1950’s - through to his becoming an International Superstar and a great statesman ambassador at the White House in Washington, D.C. in the 1970’s.

Jesus and Mary Chain

Psychocandy

Deluxe three disc (two CDs + DVD) edition of this 1985 album from the British Alt-Rock icons.

This edition features all the non-album b-sides, as well as previously unreleased demos, rare outtakes including controversial early track ‘Jesus Fuck’, BBC Radio Sessions and much more.

The DVD contains the promo videos for the singles released from the album alongside seminal and previously unreleased TV appearances, including their jaw-dropping live TV debut on the Old Grey Whistle Test, a performance of two songs on The Tube, a studio performance and interview from Belgian TV, and never before seen footage of the infamous riot at North London Polytechnic - this includes excerpts of the band’s performance on the night, highly entertaining interviews with all four original members, and scenes of the crowd destroying the venue!